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SAFETY 0R SHIELD PIN.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 21, 1911.

Patented June 17, 1919.

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SAFETY 0R SHIELD PIN.

Application filed June 21, 1917.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMns W. IVORY, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Safety or Shield Pin, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of a pin of the order of a safety or shield pin which is supplied with a support member supplemental or auxiliary to the point member proper, so as to provide a support or additional attachment to enter or hold against the article or fabric to which it is applied, so that the straindoes not fall entirely on said point member proper, means being provided for firmly securing said auxiliary member in the shield of the device, as will be hereinafter set forth.

The invention is satisfactorily illustrated in the accompanying drawing, but the important instrumentalities thereofv may be varied, and so it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the specific details shown and described, as long as they are within the spirit or scope of the claim.

Figures 1, 5, 6, and 7 represent side elevations of various forms of safety pins embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 represents a partial side elevation and partial longitudinal section of another form thereof.

Fig. 3 represents a perspective view of a detached portion of the form shown in Fig. 4 represents a perspective View partially in section of another embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 8 represents a section on the line S-8 Fig. 4.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings 1 and 2 designate the longitudinal pieces or arms of a safety pin, 3 the end coil there-- of, and 4 the shield for the point end 5 on the arm 2, which latter comprises the pin proper as usual in such cases.

6 designates an additional support member which is secured tightly in and extends from a portion of the shield 4 for a partial distance under the arm 1, and so projects into the space of the body of the pin between said arms 1 and 2, its terminal approaching the arm 2 so as to be juxtaposed to the point end 5 of the latter, and thus the article or fabric to be pinned will be pierced Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 1'7, 1919.

Serial No. 176,000.

by the said point end and so'caused to occupy the arm 2, while also being presented to the end of the additional member 6 and caused to occupy the latter, as well as the arm 2, as will be hereinafter further re ferred to.

The member 6 is continuous of the loop 7, one limb of which is continuous of the arm 1, and then being bent back on itself forming another limb from which latter said member 6 continues, it being noticed that the two limbs are clamped by the bend 8 of the shield '4, and so is firmly connected with the shield and vice versa, and the member 6 is salient from the shield into the space between the two arms somewhat adjacent to the point end 5 of the arm 2, it being noticed that the plurality of said limbs are backed against each other, thus forming a strong connection for said member 6 with the arm 1 and a firm support for said loop 7 in the shield without requiring other means for securing said loop and said member 6 in position, and serving furthermore, to hold said additional member from shifting on the arm from which it extends or turning around on said arm, the shank of said additional member and the terminal portion of the arm 1, 00-

cupying the bend 8 and being clamped tightly in the latter.

It is evident that when the point member 2 is inserted in the article or fabric to be pinned, it is secured by the shield 4 as usual, but the support member 6 is salient toward the arm 2, whereby the article or fabric to be pinned may be also pierced and held by said member, thus providing an additional fastening or support for said article or fabric, and adding to the security of the pinning afforded by the safety pin as such and relieving the point arm 2 of some strain and assisting to prevent improper opening or disconnection of the point end from the guard, it being seen also that the pin 2 in its side motions will be guided on the additional support member 6.

In Fig. 4 I show the member 6 formed of a piece of material separate from the arm 1., the material of said member being formed with an angle or bend which engages an angle or bend on said arm 1, both angles or bend being firmly held in the contiguous portion of the shield 4, the terminal portion of said member in said Fig. 4 lying between the member 1.

In Figs. 2, 4, 5, and 6, the contours of the supplemental support member therein vary in some respects from what are shown in Figs. 1 and 2, without, however, producing different results. i

In Fig. 7 I form the support 6'of a por. tion of the wire of the arm 1, it beingrinter- ,mediate of the latter and the point member 4, the latter and the pin member 2 being adapted to be introduced into the same seatingportion of the shield 4 through the slot 10 or slot 11 in either side of the shield and removed from the latter through either slot 10 or 11, the two slots 10 and 11 when employed registering with each other. 7

The member 6 which is the essential feature of myinvention acts as an additional support to the pinmemberZ. It is apart of the wire member 1. and formed by bending the latter on itself backward a short distance then bending downward between the members 1 and 2 and either terminating in a dull point or being looped backward again as in Fig. 5, the terminal end passing be tween the wire l'nembers 1 and 2 and being held by the shield t. This member as in all cases is somewhat pointed to act as a brace and is intended as, Where the wire forms are shown to act as a brace or support against which the strain or pull of the fabric is caught and held to relieve the strain from the pin member 2.

It will be noticed that in all cases the strain comes from where it is held by the shi ld on the wire 1, as it emerges from the locking of the shield or where the arm is a part' of the shield either brazed or held thereto as in Fig. 4:, or where it is a projection as a supporting arm being a contiguous part of the shield itself. pins the strain naturally would take place at or near the outer end of the shield part In all other I point reaching to the bottom of this hollow,

but in all cases the front part of the member 6 must extend beyond the lips of the hollow sleeve of the shield in order to catch the fabric and bear the pull of the material fastened by the pin proper thus helping to hold thematerial from undue strain on the pin proper and the extreme end of the hollowed sleeve of the shield.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is 2- A safety pin composed of opposite arms, one arm having a piercing point, a shield with which said point is adapted to engage, the end of the opposite arm being fixed in said shield, and an auxiliary supporting anember which latter projects from said shield toward the point arm, the portion of the other arm being formed of a plurality of lengths of the material of the latter named arm, said plurality of lengths occupying the interior of the adjacent portion of said shield and clamped tightly by the same, said auxiliary member being continuous of said plurality of lengths and extending therefrom outside of said shield.

I JAMES W. IVORY.

WVitnesses JOHN A. VVIEnEnsHnIM, N. Bnssnvenn.

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